Because I was too lazy to build my own AND this one was clearanced so it was a great deal. Old one is about 5 -- maybe 6 years old -- and is a little bit small for my tastes. Now I can gather eggs and take care of the girls without having to hunch over like an ogre. Haha!
This old coop is gonna get chopped up and retrofitted to make a shelter for my new baby ducks. (Yes, honey, I'm getting some ducklings this spring.)
There is a philosophical discussion going on at my house right now on to heat or not to heat. One one hand it's been a tad bit too cold for my tastes and there is a heat lamp on my girls right now. Since the coop is open air it is probably only raising the temo a few degrees but when temps are in the single digits I tend to think they might need the extra warmth.
Seems like there is a current thought process going around that chickens don't need a light after they are feathered out, and some tend to think that an extra heat source is detrimental to the girls. I can't figure that one out but to each their own I guess.
So ... what do you guys think?? Heat source or no heat source?? I've seen my girls hanging out around the heated water base when the cold was REALLY brutal so I tend to believe they appreciate a little hp when it's this cold.
This old coop is gonna get chopped up and retrofitted to make a shelter for my new baby ducks. (Yes, honey, I'm getting some ducklings this spring.)
There is a philosophical discussion going on at my house right now on to heat or not to heat. One one hand it's been a tad bit too cold for my tastes and there is a heat lamp on my girls right now. Since the coop is open air it is probably only raising the temo a few degrees but when temps are in the single digits I tend to think they might need the extra warmth.
Seems like there is a current thought process going around that chickens don't need a light after they are feathered out, and some tend to think that an extra heat source is detrimental to the girls. I can't figure that one out but to each their own I guess.
So ... what do you guys think?? Heat source or no heat source?? I've seen my girls hanging out around the heated water base when the cold was REALLY brutal so I tend to believe they appreciate a little hp when it's this cold.